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Healthier Kids — By Design
As we noted
the other day, First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a multifaceted
initiative to reduce child obesity in the United States called Let's Move.
It's a campaign that emphasizes the ways in which getting children up
and active can help to improve their health for a lifetime.
February 11, 2010
Could Para-Transit Work in Los Angeles?
This week, New York Streetsblog featured a five part series about the potential benefits of investing in a para-transit system written by Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton. Anyone looking for some additional reading materials over the weekend,
after all LA Streetsblog won't publish after today until Tuesday, or
interested in a discussion of what para-transit can do to urban areas
should check out Gorton's series, which can be found below.
August 29, 2008
Bike-Share Debuts in Washington D.C.
Public bike-share in the U.S. hit a milestone yesterday when SmartBike DC, the first program of its kind in an American city, launched in full. Coverage in the Washington Post was heavy on the implications for D.C.'s image:
August 14, 2008
Wiki Wednesday: Vehicle-Miles Traveled
In the second installment of our serialized tour through StreetsWiki, we turn to DianaD's entry on Vehicle-Miles Traveled:
July 23, 2008
Print This
Thanks to Anil Makhijani, the Open Planning Project's crack web developer, it's now a whole lot easier to print a Streetsblog story. Click the little printer icon below. You'll get a web page formatted 8.5 x 11 with all of the links annotated at the bottom as footnotes. Check it out.
July 23, 2008
Rising Demand for Transit Could Be a “Turning Point”
CNN broadcast yesterday a relatively in-depth piece on U.S. cities scrambling to meet rising demand for mass transit.
July 17, 2008
Rising Fuel Costs and Ridership Strain Local Transit Systems Nationwide
Transit agencies all over the country are nearing a state of emergency. At the same time that rising gas prices are leading more Americans to opt for buses and trains, transit operators are being forced to cut service and raise fares due to budget shortfalls.
July 17, 2008